OFF95: Post To Exchange Folder Command Fails

• Microsoft Exchange Windows 95/98 client, version 4.0
• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Project for Windows 95, version 4.1

SYMPTOMS

In an Office document, when you click Post To Exchange Folder on the File menu, any of the following messages may appear:

• <Program> was unable to post your document.



• General Microsoft Exchange failure. Check your Exchange installation and try again.



• No shortcuts to public Microsoft Exchange folders were found.



• Cannot find the folder called "Public Shortcuts Folder." Please connect to a Microsoft Exchange server to create this folder.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, manually copy the document to the Microsoft Exchange folder.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft Exchange client that is included in Microsoft Windows 95. A workaround for this problem is included in Office versions 7.0a and 7.0b. If you are using Microsoft Project, a correction for this problem is included in Microsoft Project for Windows 95 version 4.1a

Additional query words: error

Keywords          : offwin 
Version           : 4.10 7.00
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : 

Last Reviewed: June 4, 1999